hi sifus! after goin thru this forum for the past month i decided to purchase this lumix bcoz of all the wonderful shots from u guys. but the problem is, im a totally camera noob and im still tryin to play wif the settings n understand the usage each of them. can any sifu can tell me how did kevin7ae can zoom so close n capture the ant face (from the 1st page) and the other pics wif the child holding the little chicky, how do i focus on the chicky which is on the leftside of the photo and make the rest background blurry? and another example is if i would like to capture a close up shot of a water dripping from a paip, what kind of setting should i be using also? ive been spending alot of hours in my toilet now trying to get a clear shot sighhhh...... pls advice!!!

lastly, tonite ive to bring my gf and her mom to that big temple near banting so my gf ask me be prepare to take some nice pics. wat kind of settings should i use or i can jz use the iA mode for the shots?

This post has been edited by [gs]JackMin: Feb 13 2009, 06:34 PM

any tripod that recommend for lx3? (tripod that can adjust on its height, not mini type)
preferably >rm100

after browsing thru, the cheapest price for batt is rm140?
gotta get mine on tmr..

My experience with the cam settings is.....
If u wanna do macro, use the widest aperture possible, so try to use f/2.0.
Then move ur cam as close as possible to the subject.
At f/2.0, ur minimum focus distance is 1cm, so u can get really really close.

For the bokeh (blur) effects, go to A mode (use f/2.0 for the best bokeh effects).
U need to play around with the manual focus for the best results.
AF sometimes can produce similar effects, but most of the time it does not focus on the thing u want.

To shoot dripping water, u need a fast shutter speed.
For me, I will go into S mode.
To freeze dripping water, u will probably need a shutter speed of 1/500s or above.
Ur shots might become dark at this kind of shutter speeds.
So u can either try to do it in ample lighting (outdoors), or bump up ur ISO which introduces noise.

Hope this helps in your cause

This post has been edited by PCHo: Feb 14 2009, 06:02 AM

Try firing the flash too. It 'freezes' the motion of the water so you get well-exposed droplets

Just got my LX3 from friend who COD with iamsobloodysick. I would say the camera is superb not only in terms of quality but also the appearance. My fellow girl friends are even attracted by this camera. Haha..

PcHo : wow your tips really help improved my photography skill much much better now! thanks alot bro!!! here is some sample i managed to take at bukit tinggi, pls comment so i can improve more!

I'm sorry if I sound harsh, but the first two pictures are badly out of focus.
And while I like the shiny water droplets, the random bright spots spoil the shot

hi joyy! no prob, how can i improved more on the 1st n 2nd pic more? today is my first outing wif this camera and i think ive taken bout 800 pics lol but mostly all really sucky as i was tryin different settings for each shots. stil alot more training needed....

also there are alot of settings in the menu setting which i do not understand, and ive gone thru the manual but there dun really explain it, for example :

AF MODE - there is like 6 options in it, what is the usage for them?

PRE AF - wat is this?

AF/AE LOCK

AF Assist Lamp

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At the lens area, there is 3 buttons which is MF , AF (with a flower) and AF. when should i be using tis at what type of enviroments? So far i been using the AF for near shots... as it seems giving me clearer focus on the object. also i was a complete failure when tryin to capture some pics during valentine dinner wif my gf jz now, all the pics are like very blurry and when i try to use flash the whole pic become very dull. any advice at wat setting i should be using during nite? sorry for so many questions, and thanks for any help given!

This post has been edited by [gs]JackMin: Feb 15 2009, 02:18 AM

When ambient lighting gets bad, the camera might fire off an AF assist lamp to help with autofocusing.
For the closeup shots, maybe you could switch to Macro mode(The AF with the flower ) for closer focusing? And try not to move the camera around too much after it has already focused on the subject, or the final result could be out of focused shots.

1st shot: focus a bit soft, should focus a bit further.

3rd shot: Really nice~! I like the sparkle on the water droplets.
But the composition needs a bit of tweaking.

This post has been edited by PCHo: Feb 15 2009, 02:57 AM

I find the manual focus in LX3 is really good. The best thing is that there's a magnified area in the middle of the screen to let you check where the camera is focusing on. I would say it allows you a deadly focus. That's really stunning! I love my LX3!

This is a shot taken with iA and AF (Macro aka "the flower"). I was stunned when I saw that so many details can be captured!

Do you guys always use the "dynamic" instead of "standard" in the film setting?

By the way, I have tried my lucks on the night sky. The picture was taken at light polluted football field. So, don't expect very good result.


From left to right, you can see Canis Major and Orion. The brightest star in the photo is Sirius (Dog star) which belongs to the Canis Major. You can even see the Great Orion Nebula when you zoom in this photo.

After looking at the EXIF file, I just noticed that my LX3 is running on the v1 firmware....

this is the difference with F2.0 and F8.0

F2.0



F8.0




some other shots by me using LX3


my dirty mirror


fan hap XD


chap goh meh moon!

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Added on February 15, 2009, 10:30 ambro these are explained in the manual... go n have a look

This post has been edited by spishl: Feb 15 2009, 10:33 AM

finally got the LX-3.... woooot.... XD
will be posting up some pictures soon... =)

anyway.... where to get the viewfinder and external lens for LX-3??

wow...LX3 users r growing...like mushroom

Yeah.. it's so nice to have such a big user group. Guys~ Keep posting!

Just bought one today... RM1580 from Boeing Photo in Sg Wang. Really like the fella service. Bought an Olympus Tough from him too last month.

Package include SP, Toshiba 4GB SDHC and pouch. Really find it hard to travel down to Kajang to COD for RM30 cheaper. I went to Bintang Maju to enquire thanks to a forumer advise, but too bad the girl he meant wasnt there. The sales personnel all seem lcly like that. I went back to my regular shop. Better service is my priority.

toshiba 4GB SDHC card costs 50% cheaper from panasonic 4GB SDHC card.

by right, they should sell the package at RM1480 with a toshiba 4GB SDHC card.

Does Panasonic bundle 4GB SDHC Class 6 card with their LX3?

no la memory card where got so expensive one..got until 100 buck difff meh?

panasonic 4GB SDHC is a Class 4 SD card.

panasonic 8GB SDHC is a Class 6 SD card.

LX3 bundle with a panasonic 4GB SDHC Class 4 SD card.

This post has been edited by iamsobloodysick: Feb 16 2009, 03:20 PM